61.   The Portuguese ambassador in Bissau, who is attempting to mediate the conflict, met Wednesday with a rebel delegation aboard a Portuguese Navy frigate anchored off the coast.

62.   The talks are held under the auspices of the regional Inter-Governmental Authority on Development, a six-nation body that seeks to mediate conflict.

63.   The Security Council authorized the peacekeeping force to support European efforts to mediate the conflict between Croats and Serbs in neighboring Croatia, another former Yugoslav republic.

64.   The two nations currently work with Britain, France and Germany in the five-nation Contact Group charged with mediating the conflict.

65.   The United States has sought to mediate the conflict to keep efforts in the region focused on the U.S.-led campaign against terrorism in Afghanistan.

66.   U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan praised South Africa on Friday for helping mediate African conflicts, but said the country now faces yet another struggle for economic liberation.

67.   Vietnamese government officials rushed to the plant Monday to mediate the conflict.

68.   Vietnamese government officials rushed to the plant on Monday to mediate the conflict.

69.   The west African nations which have been mediating the conflict have shown increasing signs of exasperation with the Liberian warlords in recent months.

70.   Members of a Russian commission set up to mediate the conflict were holding a meeting Monday to prepare for negotiations, the ITAR-TASS news agency said.